Wow: “The tooth’s hollow had been scooped out by a stone drill rather than by natural decay or wear… The findings indicated that the prehistoric patient underwent a deliberate Stone Age root canal, a discovery that pushes back the earliest evidence of intentional dentistry by more than 40,000 years”

Trump: We're invading your country Cuba: Umm, we're already a U.S. territory Trump: *whispering to aide* Is that true

Jesus christ! This is just an entire institution built on abuse. How does this even happen?!

Ok, well now I have 13 pentunia plants

If sex and gender were so fucking innate it wouldn't take a whole cultural apparatus to maintain them, would it

It's Wrong Jacket Week in Chicago, we are celebrating the changing seasons by making sure that you are 100% always wearing the wrong jacket no matter what you do

Pretty pleased to see them taking the Roses Too part seriously.

///BREAKING/// The Broadview Six trial has been VACATED due to the grand jury developments

I've been waiting for the mattress I want to go on sale for Memorial Day, many months of pain and sleeploss, and all they did was jack up the price and then mark it down to more expensive than it was before the sale. Incredible.

Is there a term for when you can't find the specific cord you need in your box of wayward children?

A new report from researchers at Chicago Appleseed says Eileen O'Neill Burke has reversed years of progress as top prosecutor with policies that have led to harsher charges, more pre-trial detention, and less accountability for cops. Legal reform advocates also give her a failing grade on ICE:

Incredible

What is wrong with everyone

Absolutely perfect two sentences.

Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

I recently watched an interview where actor /comedian Martin Short, talking about his daughter who passed away, said: “She did the best she could until she couldn’t,” and described mental illness as often being a “terminal disease.” We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this

Wearing a pork roll *and* a Taylor ham shirt? What a fucking jamoke! Inexcusable my guy. Pick a side

I've never had mustard BBQ (that I can recall) nor Cajun chicken. What are your favorite recipes/ways to eat them? Sandwich w/ pickle and hot sauce? Gumbo? Help me out

Not the sheriff: taxpayers. I genuinely think there is a broader trend of institutions not feeling bound by fiduciary duties; they prefer to do what the want, and deal with the lawsuits and compensation.

I should be able to buy Frosted Mini Wheats shake the same way they sell shake at weed dispensaries

CR450A and CR450B series trains spotted testing around Chongqing East railway station last week. These trains are the fastest conventional high speed trains in the world with a service speed of 400kph. Pictures by soliteor.

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

Do you want to see my new Taco Bell switchblade

He also ran on universal basic income as part of his platform. Congrats, @chrisrabb.com!

Chicago is on the verge of a major building code shift that could unlock thousands of new homes on smaller lots. Read why single-stair flexibility in small apartment buildings is a game-changer for infill development: buff.ly/JrKWeNq

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war after GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, defeated in primary, switches to support it.

Dick Durbin is so embarrassing.

cool cool cool

Launched on Tuesday, the “Out of Bounds” campaign urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from major public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation.”

I'm a socialist up until this point

butthole surfers just put out a new official music video that's nothing but ai slop shit. god damn that's some whiplash right there

AI makes it harder for humans to trust one another, which makes it harder for humans to work together towards shared ends, which is the greatest gift billionaires could ever give to aspiring authoritarians.

feeling a very deep pain thinking about teen boys becoming so filled with hate that they chose to try to commit mass murder. adorned with fascist iconography and spewing hate rhetoric, then ending their young, ignorant lives. murderers, to be sure. but children, too. indoctrinated. poisoned. awful.

I mean, plenty of people argue exactly that

Jesus Christ

‘An armchair is a machine for sitting in’ is Le Corbusier’s slightly less famous pronouncement – and to this functionality mid-century French designers added some playfulness, as witnessed by a ‘Polar Bear’ sofa by Jean Royère or a hippo-shaped drinks cabinet by François-Xavier Lalanne

I think a fair response from consumers would be to burn any store that does this to the ground.

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

I say it all of the time because it's true: Islamophobia in the U.S. is absolutely one of the most tolerated forms of bigotry. It's everywhere, routine and rarely challenged. It's not surprising that teenagers who swim in this water from birth would also be Islamophobic.

Choo Choo! Complete Lionel O-Gauge Train Set: All aboard! This O-Gauge Lionel train set from the 1950s and later is extensive and (we assume) functional. Who wants to play engineer?

These Lithuanian chips I got at the grocery here are the most addictive thing I've discovered this year outside of gardening.

Fiddlehead season!

In an unusual flight path, jet flies into World Trade Center.

You may have read about the woman who gave birth in a Brooklyn courtroom Friday night while waiting to be arraigned. I spoke to an attorney who saw the whole thing, and says it was much worse than has previously been reported, a scene of "complete violence." hellgatenyc.com/birth-in-bro...

Even Shaq Surprised To Learn He’s The New Spokesman For DivaCup https://bit.ly/4ftZis4